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Still image of Amal Ahmed al-Akar, a displaced Palestinian resident of Shatila refugee camp in Lebanon, putting her hands over her eyes in the middle of a deserted street. Still image from TRNN documentary Report “‘All Arabs Are Threatened’: Israel’s Expansion Won’t Stop in Lebanon” (July 2026). Credit: TRNN/Shadowgraph Media.

Israel’s recent attacks on Lebanon and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in Gaza and the occupied West Bank are part of a long history of military aggression and occupation. But the Zionist project of creating a “Greater Israel” in the region has reached new heights, with senior government officials openly advocating territorial expansion into sovereign nations like Lebanon.

In the southern suburbs of Beirut, the Palestinian refugee camps of Shatila and Bourj al-Barajneh have been a home to generations of Palestinians displaced during the 1948 Nakba. Residents of these camps have endured decades of violence, while holding onto the dream of one day returning to their stolen homeland.

TRNN was granted exclusive access to the Shatila and Bourj al-Barajneh refugee camps. In this on-the-ground report, we take you inside the camps in the midst of the latest conflict, and we speak to residents about their lives, resistance, and dreams of returning home.

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This content originally appeared on The Real News Network and was authored by Ross Domoney and Nadia Péridot.